A top Los Angeles eye surgeon in his book Lasik: The Eye Laser Miracle examine the mechanics of the eye. He explains that just like a camera, the eye works by focusing light rays. Light entering the eye first passes through a transparent layer called the cornea. The cornea acts as a lens by focusing the light. Located behind the cornea is another lens, known as the crystalline lens, that further focuses the light to make a clear image on the retina at the back of the eye. Finally, the image is transmitted to the brain by the optic nerve.

Just as a camera cannot produce a clear photograph if the incoming light is not focused precisely onto the back of the camera, the eye cannot produce clear vision if the cornea and crystalline lens do not focus the light precisely onto the retina.

That’s where a Los Angeles Lasik procedure comes in to make a life changing difference.

Lasik is a type of refractive surgical procedure commonly used to correct a variety of vision disorders, including myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. According to an expert local Lasik surgeon Los Angeles Lasik surgery, one of several types of laser eye corrective surgeries, is currently preferred over other types because of reduced recovery time and pain for the patient. In this procedure, a portion of the cornea is cut into a flap to expose the corneal tissue (or stromal layer) below, which the Beverly Hills Lasik surgeon then reshapes with an excimer laser. For people with nearsightedness (myopia), the too-steep cornea is made more flat; for farsightedness (hyperopia), the too-flat cornea is made more steep. Astigmatism can also be corrected by smoothing out an irregularly-shaped cornea. Most patients are able to see more clearly immediately following surgery. Contact your local Lasik eye specialists to learn more about refractive surgery.